ordinary share

noun

1. British. a share of common stock.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ordinary share¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Some $600 million in gross proceeds will be derived from Magnum Opus funds “and $400 million of additional capital through a private placement of ordinary shares of the combined company,” Forbes writes.

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No one with even an ordinary share of sensibility can witness a ceremony involving such consequences without the deepest emotion.

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The ordinary share capital of the Company, which is exclusively held in Argentina, has been increased to over a million sterling.

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Shiplake has more than the ordinary share of backwaters and bye-streams, and on this account is a favourite resort of anglers.

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A fellow of my age, with an ordinary share of brains, to go on dreaming and mooning over such sentimental nonsense!

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To the traveller they seem inoffensive, almost to timidity, and with a more than ordinary share of "natural affection."

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